Until mid-September 2019

Road work and temporary road closure will continue on Reynolds Street between Macdonald Road and Lawson Street.

Route 83 Blakelock East school special will be detoured using Sheddon Avenue, Allan Street and Macdonald Road to Reynolds Street, bypassing the bus stop in front of the old hospital. Please use the previous stop at Sheddon Avenue or the next stop at Spruce Street.

The following service changes will be in effect as of September 1, 2019

Route 3 and 3A

Service changes and schedule adjustments to improve service reliability during weekday rush hour.

The new Route 3A is a shorter version of the Route 3. It will provide direct travel from the Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital to Bronte GO to South Oakville Centre; it will not travel the south-west loop around Rebecca Street, Bronte Road, Lakeshore Road and Third Line south of Rebecca.

Route 3 will continue its current route providing service on the south-west loop along Rebecca Street, Bronte Road and Lakeshore Road and Third Line south of Rebecca. Service frequency will change to every 30 minutes during rush hour. Midday, evening and weekend service will remain the same. The combined service on Route 3 and 3A will provide service frequency every 15 minutes during rush hour along Third Line between the hospital, Bronte GO and South Oakville Centre.

During rush hours, customers in the Bronte Village area will have the option of using Route 3, 14 or 14A to travel to South Oakville Centre and transfer onto Route 3 or 3A to continue to Bronte GO station or north on Third Line. Or, simply remain on the bus – after a 15-minute layover at South Oakville Centre, it will continue north on Third Line towards the Bronte GO and the hospital.

Emancipation Day, August 5, 2019

Oakville Transit will provide holiday service on Emancipation Day (Civic Holiday). Holiday service is the same as Sunday level of service, and is provided from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Have a safe holiday weekend!

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//www.oakvilletransit.ca/tsu-19jul16.htmlRoute 5/5A temporary detour from July 29 to August 2

From Monday, July 29 to Friday, August 2, 2019

Sixth Line will be closed between Dundas and Kaitting Trail for Halton Region construction.

Oakville's 2019 Canada Day Celebration

Pay-one-way shuttle service will start from Bronte GO station at 5:30 p.m. on July 1.

Buses will depart Bronte GO station for the park approximately every 10 minutes. The last shuttle departs for the park at 9:30 p.m.

Shuttle service from Bronte GO station to the park is $4 per person cash (exact change), regardless of age. Presto cards are also accepted at the applicable rate.

Shuttle service leaving the park after the fireworks is free for all riders.

All shuttles are accessible, wheelchair and stroller friendly.

Reminder – Oakville Transit is providing regular Sunday service on July 1, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Plan accordingly if you take regular transit service to the event, arrive at the park early for music, food trucks and family activities.

If you have taken regular Oakville Transit service to the event, board the shuttle buses at the park after the fireworks. Buses will be divided into zones at Bronte GO station to drop you off at the nearest bus stop or intersection along a bus route.

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//www.oakvilletransit.ca/tsu-19may17.htmlRoutes 3 and 14/14A special event detour on June 2

Sunday, June 2, 2019, from 10:15 a.m. to noon

Detour on Routes 3 and 14/14A due to temporary road closures on Lakeshore Road during the Bronte Legion D-Day Parade.

Route 3 will travel south on Bronte, east on Sovereign, south on Nelson and east on Lakeshore.

Starting Monday, April 1, 2019

Westbound bus stop #3066 at Cornwall and Chartwell will be out of service temporarily as construction resumes for road widening. Customers can use the next stop #3421 at the Shops of Oakville South.

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//www.oakvilletransit.ca/tsu-19feb19.htmlService changes to Home to Hub

Expansion of Home to Hub in Southeast Oakville effective March 3, 2019

The new Home to Hub Southeast Oakville service area will include the approximate area bounded by Trafalgar Road and Winston Churchill Boulevard, and approximately south of Cornwall Road to Lake Ontario.

All-day weekday and weekend service will also be available. The new service hours are Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday and holidays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Note: Home to Hub is not available to areas serviced by Routes 4 and 11 when regular fixed route service is available.

For additional details and service area maps, visit the Home to Hub page.

The following service changes will be in effect as of March 3, 2019

Route 1

Temporarily discontinued. Routes 5/5A and 24 will continue to provide service along Trafalgar Road. Travel between the Oakville GO station and the Uptown Core will also continue to be provided by Routes 19 and 20. For travel to and from the 407/Trafalgar carpool lot, please use GO Transit.

Route 14/14A

The Reynolds Street portion of Route 14/14A is being replaced with Oakville Transit's on-demand service Home to Hub. The on-demand service will provide connections to the Oakville GO station or downtown Oakville (Church and Dunn).

Route 14/14A will travel on Kerr Street and replace Route 17 to provide more frequent service to the Kerr Street community. It will also allow customers to travel to downtown Oakville (Church and Dunn), South Oakville Centre, Bronte, the RioCan Centre and Appleby GO Station in Burlington without requiring a transfer.

The Route 14 afternoon special from T.A. Blakelock to the Oakville GO station will be replaced by Route 83 Blakelock East school special.

Route 92

The Knox Heritage senior special will be discontinued. Route 19 will continue to provide access to Uptown Core, Walmart, and the Oakville GO station.

Late night service

Two zones will cover east and west Oakville at 11:40 p.m., 12:30 a.m. and 1:30 a.m.

System map

Open the new system route map effective March 3. (pdf, 1 MB)

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//www.oakvilletransit.ca/tsu-19jan21.htmlPRESTO is making moves in Oakville

Starting May 1, 2019

PRESTO services are moving out of town libraries and community centres.

With PRESTO services now available at all eight Shoppers Drug Mart locations across town and online, these changes will allow us to make better use of our financial resources. Please note that services will remain at Town Hall, Oakville Transit, and at the GO Stations.

Load your PRESTO card online or by phone

Autoload and Autorenew

Register your PRESTO card on prestocard.ca and set up convenient features to automatically load funds when the balance falls below your preset minimum balance, or automatically renew transit passes to your card each month.

Starting Monday, September 17, 2018

Halton Region is widening Dundas Street (from Neyagawa Boulevard and Oak Park Boulevard) from four to six lanes.

During the construction, Route 5 will be detoured via Sixth Line, Sixteen Mile Drive and Neyagawa Boulevard in both directions. Please expect delays of approximately 5 minutes along the detour routing in either direction.

The following bus stops will be out of service temporarily during the detour:

Stop #3037 - eastbound at Dundas and Neyagawa. Customers can use stop #2128 on the east side of Neyagawa, north of Dundas.
Stop #3422 - eastbound at Dundas and Towne.
Stop #2207 - eastbound at Dundas and Harman.
Stop #3039 - eastbound at Dundas and Sixth Line. Customers can use stop #2115 on Sixth Line at Kaitting Trail.

Stop #3038 - westbound at Dundas and Sixth Line.
Stop #2208 - westbound at Dundas and Preserve.
Stop #3423 - westbound at Dundas and George Savage.
Stop #3036 - westbound at Dundas and Neyagawa. Customers can use stop #2131 on the west side of Neyagawa at Dundas.

5th Annual Kerrfest

Friday-Sunday, September 7-9, 2018

The Kerrfest Shuttle Bus is your best option to come down to Westwood Park and enjoy the music! Take the pay-one-way Oakville Transit shuttle from the Oakville GO station for $3 cash fare (or tap your PRESTO card). Return rides from Kerrfest to the Oakville GO station are free!

The shuttle runs every 8 minutes between the Oakville GO station and the pick-up and drop-off location on Kerr Street at Bond Street during the following hours:

Stop #3064 - Cornwall Road east of Morrison Road, will be out of service until August 11. Customers can use the previous stop #3062 at 1333 Cornwall Road.
Stop #3417 - Cornwall Road at Oakville Greenhouse, will be out of service temporarily.
Stop #3066 - Cornwall Road and Chartwell Road, will be out of service temporarily. Customers can use the next stop #3421 at the Shops of Oakville South.

The following eastbound bus stops will be impacted:

Stop #3416 - Cornwall Road at Oakville Greenhouse, will be out of service temporarily.
Stop #3065 - Cornwall Road and Morrison Road, will be out of service until August 11. Customers can use the next stop #3063 at 1344 Cornwall Road.

Planned transit service disruptions related to this project will be posted on this page. We appreciate your patience during the construction.

Starting April 2, 2018

Glenashton Drive west of Trafalgar Road

The curb lane on the north side of Glenashton Drive (between Trafalgar and Windfield) will be occupied for the construction of the Crosstown Trail starting approximately April 2, 2018 until approximately end of May 2018.

During the construction, bus stops #2238, #2827 and #2870 on the north side of Glenashton will be temporarily relocated to the far side of the intersection.

Trafalgar Road at Glenashton Drive

Concrete work at Trafalgar and Glenashton will take place in the week of April 2 for approximately one week.

The southbound bus stop #3151 at Trafalgar and Glenashton will also be relocated to the lamp post south of Glenashton. Route 19 will not be servicing this stop until construction at this location is completed.

Route 5A

Route 6

Half hour service will return during the rush hour, and service frequency will increase to 45 minutes in the off peak and weekends. Service will remain hourly after 8 p.m. A special late evening trip is added Monday to Friday with service to North Service Road East and Joshuas Creek Drive. The last westbound trip will finish at the Oakville GO station.

Open the new Route 6 Upper Middle schedule (pdf, 420 kB)

Route 10

An additional trip in the evening rush hour will offer customers more travel options.

Route 33

Service frequency during the rush hour will increase to every half hour and service hours will be reduced to rush hour only, Monday to Friday to be consistent with demand. All day every day bus service remains available via routes 5 and 13.

Family Day, Monday, February 19, 2018

Oakville Transit will provide holiday service on Family Day. Holiday service is equivalent to Sunday level of service, and is provided from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Family Day activities

The Town of Oakville’s tenth annual Make Your Move Family Day will once again offer a full slate of free activities and special events for all ages and abilities. Visit the Family Day page for full details!

The staff at Oakville Transit wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

Oakville Transit will operate the following service levels during the holiday season.

Regular service levels apply to dates not listed below.

December 22 — Regular weekday service with some early homebound service. More information below.

December 23 — Saturday service

December 24 — Sunday service

December 25 — Sunday service

December 26 — Saturday service

December 29 — Regular weekday service with some early homebound service. More information below.

December 30 — Saturday service

December 31 — Saturday service. Ride FREE after 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Additional Late Night Service will meet the last trains from Toronto, departing the Oakville GO Station at 2:00, 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.

January 1 — Sunday service

Early homebound service

On December 22 and 29 only, Oakville Transit has added extra bus trips or modified trip times early in the afternoon/evening to connect with GO Transit’s early homebound service at Oakville GO and Bronte GO stations.

The following route changes will be in effect as of December 31, 2017

Route 1

Service will be extended to the Trafalgar Road/Highway 407 Park & Ride lot, providing even more connections with GO Transit. Please note: service frequency will be reduced to hourly Monday to Friday, and Route 1 will no longer operate on Saturday or Sunday. Routes 5 and 24 will continue to provide service on Trafalgar Road, every 10-20 minutes Monday to Saturday, every 30 minutes on Sunday.

Open the new Route 1 Trafalgar schedule and map page.

Route 4

Route 4 will reroute in two areas:

at the east end, it will travel along Sheridan Garden Drive between Ford and Winston Churchill to provide more travel options to residents in Clearview, providing direct connections to Clarkson GO, Oakville GO, Bronte GO and Route 12. Route 4 will no longer operate on Royal Windsor between Ford and Winston Churchill, however, this area will continue to be serviced by Route 11.

at the west end, it will now service the Bronte GO from Third Line, as it will no longer operate on Speers Road west of Third Line. Service in the area along Speers, west of Third Line will continue to be provided by Route 10.

Open the new Route 4 Speers-Cornwall schedules and map page.

Route 5 becomes Route 5 and Route 5A

Service between Neyagawa and Sixth Line will be split between Dundas and Sixteen Mile:

Route 5 will continue to operate on Dundas between Neyagawa and Sixth Line resulting in hourly service over this section

the new Route 5A will alternate trips with Route 5 travelling over the same route with the exception of the section between Neyagawa and Sixth Line where it travel up Neyagawa, along Sixteen Mile Drive and down Sixth Line providing hourly service, Monday to Saturday

Routes 4 and 28 will return to regular routing on Friday, December 22. We thank you for your patience during the detour.

The watermain construction continues along the north side of Speers Road towards Kerr Street. During the construction, Speers Road will remain open but reduced to one lane each direction. Routes 4 and 28 will be on detour to avoid the area.

Sunday, July 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Free Oakville Transit Shuttle

Take the free Oakville Transit shuttle service from the Bronte GO Station. Service from Bronte GO Station (west-end bus loop on Wyecroft Road) begins at 9:30 a.m. with buses operating approximately every five minutes to and from the festival. The last shuttle leaves Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre at 5 p.m.

Miss the shuttle?

Route 15 will also get you to Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre. You can connect with the Route 3 at South Oakville Centre to the Bronte GO station. Visit the Route 3 and Route 15 schedules. Regular fares apply to regular service routes.

Until Saturday, July 8

Eastbound lanes on Oak Park Blvd. will be closed for contractor to perform construction for sewage connection.

Routes 1, 5, 19 and 24 travelling from Uptown Core to the Oakville GO will detour via Hays and Trafalgar.

All routes will return to regular routing on Saturday, July 8, 2017.

Northbound routing and Route 20 are not affected by this road closure.

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//www.oakvilletransit.ca/tsu-17may30.htmlRoutes 3 and 14 special event detour on June 4

The driveway to the Dundas/407 GO carpool lot in Burlington is undergoing reconstruction as part of the new subdivision being built. The road to the carpool lot will be extended north and become a new street into the subdivision.

Starting May 15, 2017, asphalt will be removed from the carpool lot driveway and will be repaved. It will be gravel temporarily for a couple of days. Expect slight delays during the construction, two way traffic and access to the carpool lot will be maintained.

Good Friday, Friday, April 14, 2017

Oakville Transit will provide holiday service on Good Friday. Holiday service is equivalent to Sunday level of service, and is provided from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Regular weekday service will resume on Monday, April 17.

Have a safe holiday weekend!

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//www.oakvilletransit.ca/tsu-17apr04_1.htmlRoutes 3 and 14 special event detour on April 9

As you may be aware, there is the potential for the Town of Oakville to be impacted by a winter storm beginning today, March 13 and continuing into Tuesday. Heavy snowfall with blowing snow is expected. Travel conditions may become hazardous as a result of snow and blowing snow.

Family Day, Monday, February 20

Oakville Transit will provide holiday service on Family Day. Holiday service is equivalent to Sunday level of service, and is provided from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Family Day activities

The Town of Oakville’s ninth annual Make Your Move Family Day will once again offer a full slate of free activities and special events for all ages and abilities. Visit the Family Day page for full details!

The staff at Oakville Transit wish you a safe and happy holiday season.

Oakville Transit will operate the following service levels during the holiday season.

Regular service levels apply to dates not listed below.

December 23 — Regular weekday service with some early homebound service. More information below.

December 24 — Saturday service

December 25 — Sunday service

December 26 and 27 — Saturday service

December 30 — Regular weekday service with some early homebound service. More information below.

December 31 — Saturday service. Ride FREE after 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Additional Late Night Service will meet the last trains from Toronto, departing the Oakville GO Station at 2:30 and 3:30 a.m.

January 1 — Sunday service

January 2 — Saturday service

Early homebound service

On December 23 and 30 only, Oakville Transit has added extra bus trips or modified trip times early in the afternoon/evening to connect with GO Transit’s early homebound service at Oakville GO and Bronte GO stations.

Regular schedules apply to all other routes and trips.

Open a copy of the early homebound schedules (pdf, 179 kB) for full schedule information.

The annual Oakville Santa Claus Parade will take place on Saturday, November 19 at 9 a.m. (rain or shine). Parking is limited so take advantage of our free Santa Shuttle.

Free shuttle service

Shuttle service will operate every 5 minutes between the Oakville GO station and downtown Oakville, starting at 8 a.m. until 11:15 a.m.

The last shuttle bus to return to the Oakville GO station will leave downtown Oakville (Church St. and Dunn St.) at 11:30 a.m.

Temporary route detours

Routes 14, 15 and 17 will be on detour due to road closures for the parade, from 7 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m.

Route 14

West to Appleby GO station will travel west on Speers to Dorval, south on Dorval to Rebecca, and continue on regular route.

East to Oakville GO station will travel on Rebecca until Dorval, north on Dorval, east on Speers and Cross into the GO station.

Route 15

West to RioCan Centre will travel west on Speers, south on Dorval, west on Mary and continue on regular route.

East to Oakville GO station will travel regular route to Fourth Line, Mary, north on Dorval, east on Speers and Cross to the GO station.

Route 17

Will travel west on Speers, north on Kerr to Shepherd, south on Queen Mary, Bond, Chisholm, west on Rebecca, north on Wilson, return to Bond, then north Queen Mary and reverse route to Oakville GO station.

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//www.oakvilletransit.ca/tsu-16nov04-1.htmlRemembrance Day service notice

Friday, November 11, 2016

Oakville Transit will operate regular weekday service on Remembrance Day.

Veterans in uniform or showing their Veterans identification will ride for free on November 11.

Temporary route detours

Routes 14 and 17 will not be travelling into downtown Oakville from approximately 10 a.m. to noon due to the Remembrance Day ceremony. A shuttle bus will operate between the Oakville GO station and downtown Oakville (Church and Reynolds streets) during the detour.

Route 14 East — 10:15, 10:45, 11:15 and 11:45 a.m. from South Oakville Centre will travel to Rebecca until Kerr, then proceed north on Kerr, to Speers and Cross into the GO station.

Route 17 — 10:10, 10:40, 11:10 and 11:40 a.m. from the Oakville GO station will travel south on Kerr, east on Bond, south on Chisholm, west on Lakeshore and return to Kerr Street.

Special shuttle

A shuttle bus will depart the Oakville GO station at 10:10, 10:40, 11:10 and 11:40 a.m. to provide service on Reynolds Street during the detour. The shuttle will operate from the GO station to Trafalgar, Cornwall, Reynolds and Church.

The shuttle bus will depart Church at Reynolds at approximately 10:25, 10:55, 11:25 and 11:55 a.m. to return to the GO station via Church, Allan, Randall and Reynolds.